Calmodulin

(All numbering and residues are taken from first PDB file)

Bending Residue Dihedral Analysis

Residue
i
Residue
i+1
Distance of hinge axis to residue i in conformer 1
(A)
Distance of hinge axis to residue i in conformer 2
(A)
Change in psi (i)
(deg)
Change in phi (i+1)
(deg)
Angle of psi(i) axis to hinge axis conformer 1
(deg)
Angle of psi(i) axis to hinge axis conformer 2
(deg)
Percentage Progress
 ARG-75   LYS-76  8.0 8.8 11.0 11.6 91.9 104.6 1.1
 LYS-76   MET-77  7.0 10.0 23.9 10.2 48.5 39.0 11.4
 MET-77   LYS-78  6.3 8.7 -65.7 27.7 120.1 80.0 -3.8
 LYS-78   ASP-79  3.3 5.1 137.3 18.1 98.7 128.3 -75.1
 ASP-79   THR-80  0.6 6.6 148.5 -13.2 143.3 75.4 125.6

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Graph shows rotational transition at bending residues and can be used to identify hinge bending residues.
Probably only informative for interdomain rotations greater than 20 degrees